Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ratnapura / Ratnapuren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Colombo
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop (2024.03.05 β ...): | Bishop Peter Antony Wyman Croos (57) |
Bishops of Ratnapura (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Peter Antony Wyman Croos (57) Bishop of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka) Veritatem facientes in caritate
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Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv. (77) Bishop emeritus of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka)
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Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (73) | ||||||||||
Fr. Ivan Tilak Jayasundera (65) Bishop emeritus of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka)
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Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (73) Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka)
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Bishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (77) (later Cardinal) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina
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Area: 4,968 kmΒ²
Population: 19,621 Catholics (1.0% of 1,928,655 total)
Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes
Personnel: 34 priests (diocesan), 63 religious (63 sisters), 8 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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